113469248X

9781134692484

Details about Television Studies: The Key Concepts:

Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are:theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism, semiology and feminismconcepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative, representation and objectivitytelevision genres - soap opera, news and science fictionmethods used for understanding television content - analysis and audience research relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership and media policy.